Soldiers raping women as form of payment. The United Nations owner documents atrocities in south sudan. Humanitarian aid make its way to people trapped in syria for months. And fueling the fire. Groups working in syria accuse members of the u. N. Security council including the u. S. And russia of making the crisis in syria worse. Good evening, im antonio mora, we begin with break news tonight out of chicago where a donald trump rally was cancelled due security concerns and violence broke out. Antitrump protesters made their way into university of illinois chicago pavilion while large demonstrations took place outside the arena. Many students were there, in a university that is the most racially and ethnically diverse in the country. Andy rosegen, are have things called down now . Reporter calm now antonio but what a night this has been. A stunning development, the crowd filing in here about 5 00 local time. Its an arena that holds about 9,000 people. But you couldnt tell the opponents
Turkish police stormed the istanbul headquarters. The opposition claims the move is to silence them. Also coming up, volkswagen begins to account for the image and scandal. For the in missions for the email scandal. The daring escape of the pilots that spent decades behind bars. That was in the Dominican Republic. First our top stories. Iran has said it will for the first time participate in international talks over syria. Irans response comes a day after washington declared itself ready to engage with its longtime book. Mohammad javad zarif will join john kerry. Russias farm minister foreign minister. Serrated surgeon like rough. There is what our correspondent had to say. With the United States it is really more involving saudi arabia. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry persuaded the Saudi Foreign minister that it would be beneficial for these talks, for iran to be included. Because iran has very direct channels with president Bashar Alassad in syria. It is a reality that iran h
He founded the Whitaker Peace Initiative to empower youth in fragile communities. He grew up in South Central l. A. Among Gang Activity . Making people aware of possibility did is sometimes lacking in violence, poverty. He won an oscar for his portrayal of the ugandan leader. To prepare for the film, he learned swahili and how to play the accordian just as the dictator had . I am driven by my fear of not knowing. I am trying to get enough information to be able to do do it in a true way. Forest also talks about Race Relations in america. He was falsely accused of theft and publically frisked in new york. Allotted of people of color have experienced these kind of discrimination the. Is this this guy decide dodd this. The actor reflects on the late Robin Williams . It was tragic, you know. Amazing loss, a beautiful person, amazing mind. He joined us at our studios in new york. I want to talk about the whitaker peace and development initiative. I want to talk about the unesco, all of this
And mind control a allowing a paralyzed man to lift a glass. And in makes a winning return to pakistan. After a sixyear hiatus International Cricket is welcomed back in the country. Hello there, a warm welcome to the news hour. The Islamic State in iraq and levant is tatening its grip, and it appears to have extended activities to saudi arabia. There are is the recent capture of ramadi, quote a complete disaster. Isil continues to move across baghdad and continues towards alawadi. The last city. They have been going door to door executing as many as 150 Assad Government loyalists. And a group linked to isil said that they carried out attacks in shia mosques. Atat least 21 people were killed when a suicidebomber detonateed a device during friday prayers. The mosque was packed with worshipers. Security forces say theyre investigating the case and trying to find out how their suicidebomber managed to get in to the mosque and who it is affiliated with. In the same part of the country two m
Look at how the change in u. S. Cuba relations is affecting the art scene. A suicide bomber has hit a mosque in eastern saudi arabia during friday prayers happening in the mosque in the province which is home to the shia minority. At least 19 people have been killed. Joining us live from riyadh is hashem. A sued bomber detonated his explosive at the mosque. It was at the beginning of the prayers with about 120 work shippers inside the mosque. Now, at least 19 people were killed and almost 60 people were injured in the attacks. Houthi forces confirm the suicide talk and say they are further investigating exactly what happened and how the suicide bomber managed to get into the mosque. This is a sensitive time for sectarian tensions in saudi arabia. How is this likely to play out . It is. It is. A few months ago armed men opened fire on shia worshipers, killing some of them and also, there were attacks targeting foreigners and Security Forces. Authorities here in saudi arabia accused figh